2020 Mid-Season Streamathon

The 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon was an esports streaming event hosted by Riot Games, featuring international competitions and exhibition matches from multiple regions. It was the replacement for the 2020 Mid-Season Invitational, which was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The primary goal of the event was to raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts.[1][2]

Mid-Season Cup
2020 Mid-Season Cup
2020
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Dates28–31 May
Host(s)Riot Games
Venue LoL Park, Seoul
LPL Arena, Shanghai
Teams8
PurseUS$600,000
Final positions
Champions Top Esports
Runner-up FunPlus Phoenix

The 2020 Mid-Season Cup was an international tournament featuring the top four teams from the LCK (Korea) and LPL (China). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity. Players compete onsite at their respective league's home arenas, but without a live audience present.[3] The tournament's total prize pool was US$600,000.[4]

Participants
LCK
LPL

Group stage
  • Format: Single round robin, best-of-one
Group A
# Team W L
1. FunPlus Phoenix 2 1
2. Top Esports 2 1
3. DAMWON Gaming 1 2
4. T1 1 2
Group B
# Team W L
1. Gen.G 2 1
2. JD Gaming 2 1
3. DragonX 2 1
4. Invictus Gaming 0 3
Tiebreakers
  Group B tiebreaker (Match 1)     Group B tiebreaker (Match 2)
                 
    DragonX L
  DragonX L     JD Gaming W
  Gen.G W  

Knockout stage
  • Format: Best-of-five
Semifinals Finals
      
JD Gaming 1
FunPlus Phoenix 3
FunPlus Phoenix 1
Top Esports 3
Top Esports 3
Gen.G 0

Mid-Season Showdown
2020 Mid-Season Showdown
2020
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Dates27–30 May
Host(s)Riot Games
FunPlus Esports
Garena
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Talon Esports
Runner-up Team Flash

The 2020 Mid-Season Showdown was an international tournament featuring the top two teams from the VCS (Vietnam) and PCS (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia, excluding Vietnam). Games are played online with artificially standardized ping to ensure competitive integrity.

Participants
PCS
VCS

Group stage
  • Format: Double round robin, best-of-one
# Team W L
1. Talon Esports 5 1
2. Machi Esports 4 2
3. Team Flash 2 4
4. GAM Esports 1 5

Knockout stage
  • Format: Best-of-five
  Semifinals     Finals
                 
    Talon Esports 3
  Machi Esports 1     Team Flash 1
  Team Flash 3  

EU Face-Off
2020 EU Face-Off
2020
Tournament information
SportLeague of Legends
Dates30–31 May
Host(s)Riot Games
Venue Riot Games Studio, Berlin
Teams6
Final positions
Champions The French Zoo
Runner-up LEC Kings

Participants
  • LEC Kings
  • The French Zoo
  • German Pingus
  • Double Crunch Italy
  • Polska Gurom
  • ALTOKEKW Españita

Group stage
  • Format: Single round robin, best-of-one
Group A
# Team W L
1. LEC Kings 1 1
2. German Pingus 1 1
3. ALTOKEKW Esp. 1 1
Group B
# Team W L
1. The French Zoo 2 0
2. Polska Gurom 1 1
3. Double Crunch Italy 0 2

Knockout stage
  • Format: Best-of-one
Semifinals Finals
      
LEC Kings W
Polska Gurom L
LEC Kings L
The French Zoo W
The French Zoo W
German Pingus L

References
  1. Esguerra, Tyler (18 May 2020). "Riot to host 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon to raise funds for COVID-19 relief". Dot Esports. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. Chen, Ethan (19 May 2020). "Riot Games announces 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon". Daily Esports. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. "JD Gaming, Gen.G advance to knockout stage at Mid-Season Cup". Field Level Media via Reuters. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. Chen, Hongyu (13 May 2020). "Riot Games to Host $600K League of Legends Mid-Season Cup: LPL vs LCK". The Esports Observer｜home of essential esports business news and insights. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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